When writing this post, I saved the introduction for last, in the hopes that I'd find inspiration for something worth saying. If anybody finds my inspiration, please let me know.
This Blog:
Last August, I started an initiative to write about each one of the category tags in use on my blog (so, Anime, Politics, Sci-Fi, etc.) in sequence until I had gone through the whole list. By removing the pressure to come up with a topic, I reasoned, I'd be encouraged to write more often. More than half a year later, I'm only up to Movies. I think this will be the last month where I limit myself like that. Fortunately, my lone post this time around (Retrospective notwithstanding, as always) is one I've been meaning to write for some time, getting my positive creativity going again.
- Retrospective: March 2015
- Four Movies I Hope Have Been
Last August, I started an initiative to write about each one of the category tags in use on my blog (so, Anime, Politics, Sci-Fi, etc.) in sequence until I had gone through the whole list. By removing the pressure to come up with a topic, I reasoned, I'd be encouraged to write more often. More than half a year later, I'm only up to Movies. I think this will be the last month where I limit myself like that. Fortunately, my lone post this time around (Retrospective notwithstanding, as always) is one I've been meaning to write for some time, getting my positive creativity going again.
- Retrospective: March 2015
- Four Movies I Hope Have Been
GameCola:
I'm on a roll! With the completion of the review below, I've officially stepped away from long-format articles (for the foreseeable future, anyhow), focusing now on video posts and a new column that can be hammered out in a day or two. I agonize too much over word choice and screenshot composition for big articles to be an efficient contribution to the site. I'm still participating in all-staff endeavors, such as the podcasts, which get a maximal impact from a minimal time commitment.
Columns:
- Flash Flood: Games In Which You Have to Burn the Rope
- Q&AmeCola: Outrageous Achievements
- The Lost Art of Good Game Design: Dragon Age: Origins
Podcasts:
- Process of Elimination RPGCast – Part 1: Panda-monium
Reviews:
- Space Quest: Incinerations (PC)
I'm on a roll! With the completion of the review below, I've officially stepped away from long-format articles (for the foreseeable future, anyhow), focusing now on video posts and a new column that can be hammered out in a day or two. I agonize too much over word choice and screenshot composition for big articles to be an efficient contribution to the site. I'm still participating in all-staff endeavors, such as the podcasts, which get a maximal impact from a minimal time commitment.
Columns:
- Flash Flood: Games In Which You Have to Burn the Rope
- Q&AmeCola: Outrageous Achievements
- The Lost Art of Good Game Design: Dragon Age: Origins
Podcasts:
- Process of Elimination RPGCast – Part 1: Panda-monium
Reviews:
- Space Quest: Incinerations (PC)
GameFAQs:
GameFAQs is where I got started writing about video games on the Internet, so I like to toss contributions their way whenever I've got something that isn't better suited to GameCola or this blog. I'd already taken screenshots for my GameCola review; why not share them with others?
Screenshots:
- Space Quest: Incinerations (PC)
GameFAQs is where I got started writing about video games on the Internet, so I like to toss contributions their way whenever I've got something that isn't better suited to GameCola or this blog. I'd already taken screenshots for my GameCola review; why not share them with others?
Screenshots:
- Space Quest: Incinerations (PC)
The Backloggery:
Some people buy ice cream or alcohol to celebrate submitting their tax return. I buy Mega Man games that I've had my eye on for ages. Most of my gaming time at home was spent playing Mega Man X8, and most of my gaming time on the go was spent playing N+; amazingly, I'm not sick of wall-jumping yet, but I might do well to switch to a point-and-click adventure game or something. Provided it's not Lure of the Temptress, which I should have removed from my list after the first time I played it. My wife still likes to satirically reenact the horrendous pathfinding AI by repeatedly bumping into me and everything around me in an effort to get into a designated location where she can talk to me.
New:
- Mega Man Maverick Hunter X (PSP)
- The Misadventures of Tron Bonne (PS)
Started:
- Mega Man X8 (PS2)
- N+ (NDS)
- The Misadventures of Tron Bonne (PS)
Beat:
- Mega Man X8 (PS2)
Removed:
- Lure of the Temptress (PC)
Some people buy ice cream or alcohol to celebrate submitting their tax return. I buy Mega Man games that I've had my eye on for ages. Most of my gaming time at home was spent playing Mega Man X8, and most of my gaming time on the go was spent playing N+; amazingly, I'm not sick of wall-jumping yet, but I might do well to switch to a point-and-click adventure game or something. Provided it's not Lure of the Temptress, which I should have removed from my list after the first time I played it. My wife still likes to satirically reenact the horrendous pathfinding AI by repeatedly bumping into me and everything around me in an effort to get into a designated location where she can talk to me.
New:
- Mega Man Maverick Hunter X (PSP)
- The Misadventures of Tron Bonne (PS)
Started:
- Mega Man X8 (PS2)
- N+ (NDS)
- The Misadventures of Tron Bonne (PS)
Beat:
- Mega Man X8 (PS2)
Removed:
- Lure of the Temptress (PC)
I'm not anticipating that May will be a big month for things that are covered in these Retrospectives, but it's a comfort to look back and see that things are going steadily.
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